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Hi guys,
Just back from a holiday in Vegas with these two beauties waiting for me. I purchased them from Josh at Perfect Clones (A TD over on RwG), after 4 QC rejections due to the dreaded alignment issues. Hasn't been plain sailing today with the pins from the bracelet being very stiff to remove and the white dial seeming DOA.
After a lot of Googling for a rep-friendly dealer in London, I came across a small kiosk called 'Watches-2-go' in Piccadilly Circus underground station who managed to get the white dial going by putting some oil in the rotor I believe.
So now for the review, as these watches have been reviewed before I'm going to make it pic-heavy rather than write a lot of stuff due to the jet-lag and the long hangover from Vegas......
Dials
The colour of both are good, the blue is slightly darker than Gen but so unnoticable and still has the beautiful glint off the sun. The white for me is vastly underrated, a striking dial from the moment you look at it and for me is actually easier to read. Date font on the white dial looks perfect purely due to the border surrounding the DW, whereas the white is slightly smaller.
Movement
Both use a 9015 Modded Miyota, and seem to be running fine with the fix on the white.
Bracelet and Thickness
Bracelet is one of the best I've had in a rep, very smooth and very thin but feels robust enough with a solid clasp. As for the thickness, the PF wins hands down at 8.5mm at gen level. This alone is what made me purchase the PF rather than the BP. The pins were hard to remove and even Santos from the watchsmith in Piccadilly Circus struggled and unfortunately left some scratching on the bracelet, battle scars right?
The scratches changing bracelet:
Final Thoughts and Wristshots
All in all, I'm delighted with the two watches, especially the white at first glance couldn't be told apart from the gen infact when I wore it on the Tube home. However now for the bad news.......with the clasp being so robust, I forced it a little too much and scratched it, in the process of taking it off for this review.....battle scars though right? Although on a serious note, do you think its worth trying to remove the scratches on this and the links? Plus i'd imagine with use it's going to get pretty banged up anyway, I'm just glad it's not a £25k + gen.
Top right:
Wristshots
And now they take their place with their friends and family.......
I also have a 40th Anniversary PF Nautilus that I just don't like/doesn't suit me, therefore I'll be listing on M2M in coming days, so keep a look out...
VC 4500V and Aquanaut V6F to review next once received!
This is my 1st ever review so please go easy on me!
Just back from a holiday in Vegas with these two beauties waiting for me. I purchased them from Josh at Perfect Clones (A TD over on RwG), after 4 QC rejections due to the dreaded alignment issues. Hasn't been plain sailing today with the pins from the bracelet being very stiff to remove and the white dial seeming DOA.
After a lot of Googling for a rep-friendly dealer in London, I came across a small kiosk called 'Watches-2-go' in Piccadilly Circus underground station who managed to get the white dial going by putting some oil in the rotor I believe.
So now for the review, as these watches have been reviewed before I'm going to make it pic-heavy rather than write a lot of stuff due to the jet-lag and the long hangover from Vegas......
Dials
The colour of both are good, the blue is slightly darker than Gen but so unnoticable and still has the beautiful glint off the sun. The white for me is vastly underrated, a striking dial from the moment you look at it and for me is actually easier to read. Date font on the white dial looks perfect purely due to the border surrounding the DW, whereas the white is slightly smaller.
Movement
Both use a 9015 Modded Miyota, and seem to be running fine with the fix on the white.
Bracelet and Thickness
Bracelet is one of the best I've had in a rep, very smooth and very thin but feels robust enough with a solid clasp. As for the thickness, the PF wins hands down at 8.5mm at gen level. This alone is what made me purchase the PF rather than the BP. The pins were hard to remove and even Santos from the watchsmith in Piccadilly Circus struggled and unfortunately left some scratching on the bracelet, battle scars right?
The scratches changing bracelet:
Final Thoughts and Wristshots
All in all, I'm delighted with the two watches, especially the white at first glance couldn't be told apart from the gen infact when I wore it on the Tube home. However now for the bad news.......with the clasp being so robust, I forced it a little too much and scratched it, in the process of taking it off for this review.....battle scars though right? Although on a serious note, do you think its worth trying to remove the scratches on this and the links? Plus i'd imagine with use it's going to get pretty banged up anyway, I'm just glad it's not a £25k + gen.
Top right:
Wristshots
And now they take their place with their friends and family.......
I also have a 40th Anniversary PF Nautilus that I just don't like/doesn't suit me, therefore I'll be listing on M2M in coming days, so keep a look out...
VC 4500V and Aquanaut V6F to review next once received!
This is my 1st ever review so please go easy on me!
